CVE-2026-26273 (GCVE-0-2026-26273)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-13 21:45 – Updated: 2026-02-17 20:00
VLAI
Title
Known affected by Account Takeover via Password Reset Token Leakage
Summary
Known is a social publishing platform. Prior to 1.6.3, a Critical Broken Authentication vulnerability exists in Known 1.6.2 and earlier. The application leaks the password reset token within a hidden HTML input field on the password reset page. This allows any unauthenticated attacker to retrieve the reset token for any user by simply querying the user's email, leading to full Account Takeover (ATO) without requiring access to the victim's email inbox. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.6.3.
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-02-17 20:00 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
  • CWE-640 - Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7763 records in the last 180 days details
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
idno known Affected: < 1.6.3
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